Well, there's always the scene from Red Dawn where the Communists get the sporting-goods store's file cabinet full of Form 4473s... :D
...but yes, I tend towards your view of things, that if we don't have a national database, it can't be misused. I tend towards that view of things in general - that the federal government, while not intrinsically malicious, shouldn't have any more information than it absolutely needs to do its job, because if it doesn't have it, it can't abuse it.
I mean, yeah, the folks in power when the database is set up might be the least-corrupt politicians ever to grace a government building, but that says nothing about who'll have access to the database in two or four or ten years, not to mention anybody who might get access to it illegally.
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...but yes, I tend towards your view of things, that if we don't have a national database, it can't be misused. I tend towards that view of things in general - that the federal government, while not intrinsically malicious, shouldn't have any more information than it absolutely needs to do its job, because if it doesn't have it, it can't abuse it.
I mean, yeah, the folks in power when the database is set up might be the least-corrupt politicians ever to grace a government building, but that says nothing about who'll have access to the database in two or four or ten years, not to mention anybody who might get access to it illegally.